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The Land Surface Temperature (LST) is the radiative skin temperature of the land surface, as measured in the direction of the remote sensor. It is estimated from Top-of-Atmosphere brightness temperatures from the infrared spectral channels of a constellation of geostationary satellites (Meteosat Second Generation, GOES, MTSAT/Himawari). Its estimation further depends on the albedo, the vegetation cover and the soil moisture.

LST is a mixture of vegetation and bare soil temperatures. Because both respond rapidly to changes in incoming solar radiation due to cloud cover and aerosol load modifications and diurnal variation of illumination, the LST displays quick variations too. In turn, the LST influences the partition of energy between ground and vegetation and determines the surface air temperature.

The Global Land Service provides the following LST-based products:

LST: hourly LST from instantaneous observations

LST10-DC: 10-day Land Surface Temperature with Daily Cycle

LST10-TCI: Thermal Condition Index with a 10-day composite of Land Surface Temperature.

Land use data derived from censuses and surveys in combination with remotely sensed data

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Redistribution: You will not redistribute the data

For some of the IPUMS Terra area-level, raster, and boundary data, you may be able to redistribute the data. You must contact us for permission. You should contact us about publishing even a subset of the data to meet journal requirements for accessing data related to a particular publication.

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